A 70-year-old man was found dead outside his home on the 1200 block of Webb Street at about 8 a.m., according to Detroit Police.

Police said the incident is under investigation, and it is not clear how long the man was outside.

In Ecorse, authorities said a former City Council member was found outside and declared dead at an area hospital.

The department is not currently releasing the former City Council member’s name, but Ecorse Police officer Cornelius Herring said the man is in his 70s and police believe he was disoriented.

Herring said the man was found across the street near a neighbor's house on Elton Street.

Authorities described the man as inadequately dressed for the weather.

Both Ecorse and Detroit police said they were not aware of other fatal incidents reported outside by press time.

An official total of cold weather-linked metro Detroit deaths is still pending, however.

A spokeswoman for the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office told the Free Press that the cause of death for bodies that came in over the last 24-hours would not be officially determined for a few days.

One frostbite case in West Bloomfield was reported by the Henry Ford Health System at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The health system said there were no other cold-related injuries reported across their hospitals.